Big Steel Rail (Gordon Lightfoot) Well, I got my mail late last night Letter from a girl who found the time to write To her lonesome boy somewhere's in the night Sent me a railroad ticket to take me to her loving arms And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love Well, I been out here many long days I haven't found a place I can call my own Not a two bit bed I can lay my body on I been stood up, I been shook down And I've been dragged into the sand And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love Well, I been up tight most every night Walking along the streets of this old town Not a friend around I can tell my troubles to My good old car, she done broke down Cause I drove her into the ground And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love Well, I look over yonder across the plain The big drive wheel comes pounding along the ground Gonna get on board and I'll be homeward bound I ain't had a home-cooked meal And Lord, I need one now And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love Now here I am with my hat in my hand Standing on the broad highway, will you give a ride To a lonesome boy, I missed my train last night I went into town for one last round And I gambled my ticket away And the big steel rail won't carry me home to the one I love Copyright Warner Brothers Music Publishing Co. recorded by Gordon Lightfoot SOF
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